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Bobby Litton

Bobby Litton

Aug 30, 2006

Bobby Joe Litton, age 71, of Chester, VA, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 28, 2006. He was a retired Richmond Police Officer and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. Mr. Litton was the son of the late Ernest and Ruth Bird Litton. He is survived by his wife, Betty Phillips Litton of Chester; one daughter,...

Mae Joyner

Mae Joyner

Aug 29, 2006

Windsor, VA Mae B. Joyner, age 76, died Monday, August 28, 2006. Born in Isle of Wight County, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. & Anna Cobb Braswell. She was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church and attended Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.. Mae had retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Obici Hospital in Suffolk. She...

Margaret Blankenship

Margaret Blankenship

Aug 29, 2006

Margaret Lane Blankenship of Chester, formally of Ettrick, entered into eternal rest on 29 August, 2006. Born August 6, 1922 in Charlotte County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Colie and Kate Lane. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Harold Blankenship. Mrs. Blankenship retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company after over 30 years...

Mary Piasecki

Mary Piasecki

Aug 28, 2006

Mary Quinn Piasecki, 78 of Dinwiddie Co., passed away Monday, August 28, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Golt, MD and the daughter of the late Thomas and Nellie Moffett Quinn. She was retired from the Richmond/Petersburg Turnpike Authority. She is survived by a son, Michael Piasecki and wife Liz of Altavista, VA; three daughters,...

Col. E. Dyson

Col. E. Dyson

Aug 28, 2006

Colonel (RET) William E. Dyson, passed away August 28, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born November 30, 1930 the son of the late Daniel Dyson and Nina Hill Dyson. On September 15, 1955 he married Frances Nanette Ramsey who predeceased him after a long and happy marriage. She is buried in Arlington National...

Jr. M. Wood

Jr. M. Wood

Aug 27, 2006

Clark McDowell Wood, Jr. 85, of Dinwiddie County, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at home. He was born May 30, 1921 in Chesterfield County the son of the late Clark McDowell Wood, Sr. and Lois Jenkins Wood. He was preceded in death by his sisters Edith Wood Gay and Jeannette Wood Southall. Mr. Wood was a retired accountant. He was...

James Gray

James Gray

Aug 25, 2006

James Robert Gray, 64, of Petersburg, formerly of Folsom, CA died Friday, August 25, 2006. He was the son of the late Marcus Calvert Gray and Ruby Pauline Cothron/Cothran. Mr. Gray served his country in the U.S. Army for over 25 years where he served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He is survived by a...

Frances Brantley

Frances Brantley

Aug 24, 2006

Ivor, Virginia FRANCES STEPHENS BRANTLEY, 78, a resident of Ivor, VA, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Born on August 16, 1928 in Yancyville NC, she was the daughter of the late William Osborn Stephens and Mary Lea Morgan Stephens. Frances was a 1955 graduate of Obici School of Nursing and worked at Louise Obici Memorial...

Paula Perez

Paula Perez

Aug 24, 2006

Paula Perez, age 82, of Ponce PR, died on Thursday, August 24, 2006 in Claremont, VA. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in April of 1924, the daughter of the late Jose M. Perez and Concepcion Gordian. She worked as a Nursing Assistant, Kindergarten Teacher, and Property Owner/Manager, all in the Ponce area. She is survived by a daughter,...

Mildred Doyle

Mildred Doyle

Aug 21, 2006

Mildred Tross Doyle will celebrate her 89th birthday in heaven. She departed this life on August 21, 2006. She was the daughter of Kenneth Lake Hoyle and Lena Gertrude Clark. â??Nannie Millieâ? was born September 24, 1917 in Ettrick, Virginia. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Elmo A. Tross and Lloyd O. Doyle; daughter, Rose Marie Tross; son-in-law,...

Vella Cooke

Vella Cooke

Aug 21, 2006

Vella Withers Cooke, 102, of Hopewell died Monday, August 21, 2006 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Somerset, KY and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Cooke was a retired Assistant Manager of Somerset Department Store. She was the widow of Ret. Lt. Col. Ellis A. Cooke. Her daughter, Judith Anne Cooke, passed away...

Sr. E. Mayhew

Sr. E. Mayhew

Aug 21, 2006

Giles E. Mayhew, Sr. age 83 died peacefully in his home in Church Road on Monday, August 21, 2006. He had been in failing health for several years but had declined rapidly since the death of his beloved wife of 63 years, Adell, in September, 2003. Although he was born in Pittsylvania County, he had resided in Dinwiddie County most...

Anne Cooke

Anne Cooke

Aug 21, 2006

Dr. Judith Anne Cooke, 59 of Mechanicsville, VA died Monday, August 21, 2006 in Richmond Community Hospital. Dr. Cooke was born in Somerset, KY and was a former resident of Hopewell, VA. She was a graduate of William & Mary where she also received her Masters degree. She earned her PhD from Virginia Tech. Dr. Cooke was a supporter of...

Everett Sr. Kidder

Everett Sr. Kidder

Aug 21, 2006

Everett C. Kidder, Sr. passed away at his home in Petersburg, Virginia, on August 24, 2006. Born July 21, 1908 at Quincy, Massachusetts, he was 98 years old. He resided in Petersburg for the last 43 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Damon Kidder, of Scituate, Massachusetts, his father, Clinton H. Kidder and mother, Delphine Prario...

Gloria Elder

Gloria Elder

Aug 20, 2006

On Sunday, August 20, 2006 God came to get his angel, Gloria Jean Moody Elder, widow of Barkley J. Elder. Born August 2, 1939 in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late McKinley and Pauline Brooks Moody. She was a retired employee of Seward Luggage Company with 37 years of service. Mrs. Elder was preceded in death by a...

Henry Layne

Henry Layne

Aug 20, 2006

Henry Lee Layne, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2006 at his residence. Born in Richmond, he was the son of Maude Adams Elson and the late John Henry Layne. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea serving with the Merchant Marines and the U. S. Army. Mr. Layne retired from Brown & Williamson...

Sr. S. Covington

Sr. S. Covington

Aug 20, 2006

Oliver Stuart Covington Sr., 92, of Petersburg, passed away at his residence Sunday August 20, 2006. He was the son of the late Thomas & Virginia Cox Covington. He was also the former co- owner operator of Covington Brothers Feed & Seed & was a member of Christ & Grace Church. He is survived by his wife Mary Lanier Covington,...

Mildred Kelley

Mildred Kelley

Aug 20, 2006

Mildred â??Billeâ? Stargardt Kelley, 84, of Claremont, VA passed away Sunday, August 20, 2006 at her residence after a brief illness. â??Grannyâ?, as she was lovingly known by all in Claremont was formerly from Chesterfield County, but had been a resident of Claremont for over 24 years. She is survived by her daughter, Betty (Kelley) Sumerville of Chesterfield, VA; a...

Ola Thomas

Ola Thomas

Aug 19, 2006

Ola Ellison Thomas age 74 died peacefully in her sleep Saturday morning, August 19, 2006 in the home of her birth in Chester. She is survived by her children, Nancy Gorman Blount of Carthage, NC and James H. Gorman of Blacksburg; daughter-in-law, Cathy H. Gorman; grandchildren, Jeremy and Jed Gorman; sister, Nancy E. Nance of Virginia Beach; brother, Charles Ellison...

Claude Harris

Claude Harris

Aug 19, 2006

Claude William Harris, of Chester, age 61, passed away on Saturday , August 19, 2006. He was born in Floyd County, Kentucky, son of Fred and Marie Harris. He served in the United States Marine Corp, member of the National Rifle Association and was an engineer in the Power Generation Industry.. He is survived by his wife Donna L. Harris...

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